Originally Posted by
LH4116
In my case, most of the travel is unplanned so it's quite difficult to predict travel patterns and airlines. But the majority of flights have been on SAS and Lufthansa Group in high booking classes. My revenue to Star Alliance is around €25-30K annually which might not be at the level of the HON Circle crowd, but definitely more than the average Senator.
Obviously throwing out Senator cards to everyone makes no sense, but rather making case to case assessments. In my case it would serve as an incentive to channel more of my travels to Lufthansa Group when given the possibility.
The reason why I stuck with TK was also for the Elite Plus upgrade vouchers which are very useful and valuable for leisure trips. Lately I've found myself flying them very rarely. Earning the status from scratch is not a major issue. The main issue is the hassle of not having any benefits during the transition period, especially as airlines have been cracking down on using different cards for miles and perks.
I believe you have a bit of a misperception of the turnover of an average SEN. The typical SEN is not the FT regular maximising on an Italy to Hawaii flight with four transfers in A but is doing a bunt of domestic and infra Europe flights and a few long distance flights in J or C. And to get SEN on such average schedule is quite an exercise. Your 25 to 30k are not an aweful lot and will not bring you to the attention of the management board.....